Halo 3

Master Chief's fight may be finished, but yours has just begun. Read Review

The epic saga continues with Halo 3, the hugely anticipated third chapter in the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo franchise. Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax.

Taking full advantage of the power of Xbox 360, Halo 3 expands on everything that has made the Halo franchise great, adding a wealth of graphical, technical and gameplay advancements, as well as offering a whole new level of online gameplay.

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In an interview with Joystiq Peter Jackson confirms that his Halo project is, "no longer happening." Jackson claims that in the process of moving the Halo property to 343 Industries, and due to his severed ties with the now-defunct "Halo" movie, his interactive project fell through the cracks.

"It sort of collapsed when the movie didn't end up happening," Peter explains. He also states that the "Halo" movie wasn't canceled because of its demanding budget, but because of internal politics between Fox and Universal. Read More »

Today Bungie released new details on its upcoming Render-to-Video service. Bungie will be running an open Beta for it, but only for players who are paid Bungie Pro subscribers as of yesterday. Early Pro members who have let their subscriptions go can be part of it, though, if they choose to re-up their service.

So what exactly does Render-to-Video do? It takes those fancy Halo 3 videos you make in the game and converts them into video files that will play on any computer, without having to use Halo 3 as a render factory. Read More »

Since Halo 3 launched on the Xbox 360 (which was 565 days ago) there have apparently been 10 billion Covenant kills in the game's campaign mode. Yes, 10 billion. A post on Bungie.net by urk tells us that this amazing milestone was reached and breached over the past weekend.

A comedy list of factoids pertaining to that gargantuan figure reads as follows: Read More »

At 3:05 a.m. PST Xbox Live's Major Nelson was apparently still awake, as a post to his XBL gaming blog indicated that Bungie's Mythic map pack for Halo 3 was at last available. Costing Halo 3 addicts 800 Microsoft Points (yes, that 10 bucks) the pack is possibly the last piece of DLC we'll see for Halo 3.

"'The long-awaited Mythic Map Pack drops into Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Investigate Orbital's abandoned hallways - before it was evacuated, the Quito Space Tether was heralded as the "Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium.'" Read More »

Earlier this week news circulated the Internet which suggested that Halo 3 developer Bungie would continue to support the game with new content for a few more years. Today, Eurogamer challenges this rumor and claims to have gotten word from Bungie that in fact there are "no plans" to continue work on content for the game after Halo 3: ODST has wrapped. Read More »

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Next-gen advantage: Taking full advantage of the power of Xbox 360, Halo 3 expands on everything that has made the Halo franchise great, adding a wealth of technical and gameplay advancements

Evolution of design: Next-generation high-definition visuals, enhanced A.I., an advanced real-time lighting engine, and new weapons, characters, and challenges are just a few examples of Halo 3's evolution of design and technology

Online multiplayer: Working in concert with Xbox Live on Xbox 360, Halo 3 builds upon the unique social multiplayer experience and innovative, evolving online gameplay of Halo 2